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-~~NOCACHE~~ 
-=====BNUG Executive Board Communications===== 
  
-[[BNUG_Ideas|Meeting ideas]]\\ 
-[[BNUG_Discussions|General Discussion page]]\\ 
-[[BNUG Getting To Meetings Without a Car]]\\ 
-[[bnug_videos|Recent BNUG meeting videos]] 
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-====Leadership 2020-2021==== 
-//From election held May 5, 2020// 
-===Officers=== 
-|President|Adam Frost| 
-|Vice President|//open//| 
-|Secretary|Sharif Shaikh| 
-|Treasurer|Steve Isenberg| 
-==Supporting Positions== 
-^Position^Lead & members^Duties^ 
-|Communication Coordinator|Sharif Shaikh|Helps coordinate the different communication tools used by BNUG—the website, email, Meetup, and other tools—and help us talk well and regularly with each other.|  
-|Outreach Coordinator|Steve Provost, //lead//\\ Mike Austin|Increase group membership| 
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-====Upcoming Meetings==== 
-[last update 15june2020] 
-^ Date   ^ Where ^ Topic ^ Presenter^Abstract^Speaker Bio^ 
-| June 16, 2020| online |7:30pm Board meeting | 
-| **July 14, 2020** | ONLINE |Tools for Your Business|Adam Frost|Whatsitallabout: Join us as we discuss vital and useful tools for running a business such as a computer support business.  We'll discuss the use and new features in KeePass for managing your and your customer passwords; creating and using batch files for backup; the Organizers Database; using an Alphasmart for keeping your notes organized, and using Excel (or LibreOffice Spreadsheet) for tracking and organizing customer task lists and billing. Participants will be encouraged to contribute the methods they use for running their practices.  We expect you to have a lot of questions as you seek the best ways to improve your processes!\\ Also -- unless you're living on a remote island in the Pacific (lucky you), you have been affected by Covid-19.  Let's discuss how this has affected you and your business, and how you handle Covid-19 issues, concerns, and the isolation.|Adam Frost is president of BNUG and works as the coordinator of Computer Care and Learning, an educationally-oriented computer-helping company. While some of our colleagues and competitors encourage the “outsourcing” of all computer care to them, we encourage our customers to get to know their computers and train their staff in computer care. We find this helps our customers develop deep skills in computer use as a key part of business strategy and action.\\ Computer Care and Learning has a longstanding internship program, where we train people to be skilled computer helpers, and we also help run the “Get Connected!” clinic, which provides refurbished computers to customers with low and moderate incomes.\\ To learn more, come to the meeting, call Adam's company at 617-522-1049, or email adamfrost@computerCareandLearning.com| 
-| July 21, 2020| online |board meeting| 
-| **August 4, 2020**| ONLINE | The Basics of Business Bookkeeping|Martin Kadansky|Join the meeting to get a brief overview of business bookkeeping, including:\\ - Why you would hire a bookkeeper (separate from an accountant) for your business,\\ - What to expect, and\\ - Some of the nuts and bolts (plus some tips and techniques) of using bookkeeping software.|Martin has over 20 years of experience as a computer consultant, helping clients learn to use their Macintosh and Windows computers better. He also provides bookkeeping services to a number of self-employed clients who run service-oriented businesses. Prior to starting Kadansky Consulting in 1998, Martin had a successful 20-year career as a software engineer.| 
-| August 18, 2020| online |board meeting| 
-| **September 8, 2020**| ONLINE |VPN for your whole house; Transitioning from Windows to Chromebook; and...|Drew King| 
-| September 22, 2020 | online | board meeting | 
-| **October 6, 2020** |ONLINE|TENTATIVE\\ Live Streaming and YouTube|Steve Provost, Mike Austin|details coming|Steven Provost (stevenprovost570@gmail.com) is the co-founder of [[http://TouringNewEngland.org]], a site featuring videos of New England places and adventures. He is also a the Co-Founding member of Boston Project Rebound ReEntry Services, Inc., “a program to help ex-offenders re-enter the community”. Steven has also been involved in the computer industry that dates back to the Commodore Vic-20 computer system. Steven is also a computer helper and leader at the "Get Connected!" computer clinic in Harvard Square.|  
-| October 20, 2020 | online |board meeting| 
-| **November 3, 2020** | |TBD| 
-| November 17, 2020 |online | board meeting | 
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-===Possible topics for meetings=== 
- 
-|Choosing a new computer should it be a Chromebook\\ run Linux on Chromebook and computer options you might like|Drew| 
-|Considerations for the AX wireless protocol -- how I get 225Mbps wireless|Drew| 
-|VPNs -- the good, the bad, the ugly\\ Ways to use and benefits\\ whole home VPN, put it on your router|Drew| 
-|How Covid-19 has changed our industry| 
-|Super-small handheld computers|Charisse (?)| 
-|Possible to have ham operator talk about packet radio| (steveP) maybe this summer| 
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-====Decisions/Group Policy==== 
-Recording decisions made on group operation, policy, and activities. 
-===16jun2020=== 
-  * There will be no recording of any BNUG Board meeting, SIG meeting etc. except for monthly general meeting presentations with permission of presenter. 
-  * BNUG website will be reworked by a subcommittee under direction of Communication Coordinator, currently Sharif Shaikh 
-  * Outreach status 
-    * Put up flyers to advertise BNUG. E.g., Microcenter. 
-    * To do: Schools, colleges, computer training: tell about BNUG as professional group they could get involved with. 
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- 
-====Past Meetings==== 
-^ Date   ^ Where ^ Topic ^ Presenter^ Video recording  ^ 
-| Jan 7, 2020  | MassBay [ok] | Office tools discussion, comparing LogMeIn and RemotePC,\\ and comparing Password Management offerings | Adam to coordinate | True Images |  
-| Jan 21, 2020  | online |7:30pm Board meeting  | 
-| Feb 4, 2020  | Burlington [ok] | A business website primer (see above)\\ plan for May election, ask people if interested in running for office and for supporting positions  |  | True Images   | 
-| Feb 11, 2020  | online| 8pm Board meeting  | (Adam to coordinate and run; smi cannot attend)| 
-| March 3, 2020 | MassBay [ok] |Topic Uncertain.\\ Exploring the power of YouTube: blogging, advertising, and downloading music, etc.?\\  The history of YouTube.\\ Ask again for volunteers for group officers and supporting positions\\ NAS? | SteveP & Adam  | //need a volunteer// |  
-| March 17, 2020 | online |8pm Board meeting  | 
-| April 7, 2020  | ONLINE | Discussion of HIPPA and 201 CMR 17\\ nominations of officers |    
-| April 21, 2020 | online| 7:30pm Board meeting  | 
-| May 5, 2020 | ONLINE | Synology (Jeff Katz)\\ election of officers  
-| May 19, 2020 | online |7:30pm Board meeting  
-| May 22, 2020 | online | Special Interest Group - WordPress| Steve Provost| 
-| June 2, 2020 | ONLINE | Mainframes and history|Norm Stembridge| 
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-===May words=== 
- 
-people need to be able to send stuff safely to each other, so there are different ways people cope with this, let's discuss ways to deal with this safely and securely.\\  
-People aren't complying with since it's difficult to do.\\  
-Using key encryption, encryption using acrobat and winzip\\  
-Raise consciousness about "wishful encryption" 
- 
-===June words=== 
-<todo @Evie>Contact Rho about meeting contents - following is tentative</todo>\\  
-TENTATIVE: How teaching robots to function, then demo this ("I'm a Microsoft proponent" for example). Technical details on design and program robots.\\  
-We'd like to see the code and learn how it does this and that to the robot. 
- 
-====Past Meeting plans==== 
-^month^location^topic^speaker^status^ 
-| May 7, 2019     | MassBay W314  | **Secure Messaging - how to send docs and files to others safely**\\ <todo #smismi7:2019-08-20>Signage (Adam)</todo>\\ <todo #smismi7:2019-08-20>Videotaping (might not happen)</todo>\\ <todo @Adam #smismi7:2019-08-20>Meeting summary</todo>  | (discussion)                                                                   | steve, evie, glenn unavailable  | 
-| June 4, 2019    | Burlington    | <todo @Evie #smismi7:2019-08-20>followup with them</todo>\\ <todo @Evie #smismi7:2019-08-20>Come up with paragraph description</todo>\\ **2 Bits and a Byte Robotic Team Presents**                                          | Kevin Rho [kevinrho51@gmail.com],\\ Kriti Moogala [20moogala@lexingtonma.org]  |                                 | 
-| July 16, 2019   | MassBay       | **Linux for the Unconvinced**                                                                                                                                                        | Dick Miller                                                                    |                                 | 
-| July 30 8:30pm  | online        | board meeting                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                |                                 | 
-| Aug 6, 2019     | Burlington    | Net Neutrality discussion led by Adam                                |                                 | 
-| Aug 20, 2019 | online board meeting 7:30pm | 
-| Sep 10, 2019                                                   | MassBay [ok]          | Nutanix Community Edition demo                                                                                                                                                                               | Jeff Katz       | True Images                            | 
-| Sep 24, 2019                                                   | 7:30pm Board meeting  |                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                        | 
-| Oct 1, 2019                                                    | Burlington [ok]       | Remote Access discussion                                                                                                                                                                                      Adam           | none                                   | 
-| Oct 22, 2019                                                   | 8:30pm Board meeting  | note change in time                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                        | 
-| Nov 5, 2019                                                    | MassBay [ok]          | Nutanix part 2                                                                                                                                                                                               | Jeff Katz       | True Images                            | 
-| Nov 26, 2019                                                   | 8:30pm Board meeting  |                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                        | 
-| Dec 10, 2019 ok  | Burlington [ok]       | Showcasing technical success stories in helping customers or yourself;\\ details of the problem and steps you took to solve it.\\ False starts and wrong turns, how you stumbled and regained your balance.  | Adam will lead  | True Images  | 
-| Dec 17, 2019  | 7:30pm Board meeting  | 
- 
-^month^location^topic^speaker^status^  
-|Apr 2, 2019|MassBay|Wordpress by an expert|Kim Redington| | 
-|Mar 5, 2019|MassBay|"The Challenging Job of Computer Consulting"\\ those difficult moments we've encountered as computer helpers,\\ and how we've dealt with them. |Panel led by Adam | | 
-|Feb 5, 2019|Microsoft Burlington|Office software|Dan Stoltz is MS contact| | 
-|Jan 8, 2019|MassBay|Creating a website step-by-step\\ GoDaddy website create, and getting infrastructure|Adam Frost & Steve Provost| | 
-|Dec 4, 2018|Microsoft Burlington|* Internet of Things, etc\\ * Lex Robotics Girls Club|Bob Primak\\ Lex Robot Club| | 
-|Nov 13, 2018|MassBay|Exploring Switch Technology using Cisco and Dell Switches|Glenn|@#f5f5f5: | 
-|Oct 2, 2018|MassBay|Office Tools part 2 |  | | 
-|Sept 11, 2018|MassBay|Office Tools| Adam| | 
-|August 2018| |no meeting| | | 
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-===For discussion, avoiding issues with Meetup=== 
-<code> 
-However, the web site shows an ethical issue: it asks people 
-to confirm attendance using an online dis-service, meetup.com. 
-It requires visitors to run nonfree Javascript code, and it 
-collects personal data, thus contributing to massive surveillance. 
-These are two of the things I would denounce in my talk, 
-See stallman.org/eventbrite.html, which also covers meetup.com. 
- 
-I would feel hypcritical asking people to use meetup to come to 
-my talk. 
- 
-Dr Richard Stallman 
-Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) 
-Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) 
-Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org) 
-</code> 
-Adam to contact him and suggest we collect attendees not using meetup, instead have attendees send email to sign up. 
-Or else not require anyone to RSVP. 
- 
-Person speaking has serious ethical questions about meetup and thus we are not using meetup for signups. Instead send your RSVP to president@bnug.org; 
-and come to the meeting to learn more about his concern and reasons for avoiding meetup. 
- 
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- 
-====Pending topics to discuss==== 
-  * Lab training proposed by Glenn 
-    * <todo>Is there enough interest in BNUG membership to run one of these?</todo> 
-    * Where could we run this? 
-      * <todo @steve-glenn>Should we see if MassBay can host this? (would need a classroom we can use & secure for two+ whole days); if acceptable I(steve) can check w/Tony.</todo> 
-      * (Could use Lexington Community Center but would need to give them % of profits and might have difficulty scheduling the event as they are a busy center!) 
-      * <todo @glenn>Could Microsoft Burlington host this?</todo> 
-      * <todo>Other places?</todo> 
- 
-Note\\ 
-If you are an exec board member and you would like a login to make changes here, let me (Steve) know. 
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-====Words to use when trying to get a company to speak at our meetings==== 
-|Meeting intent|Not sales. Technology. Show yourself (company) as an expert in a given space by describing it to our attendees; give your software/equipment as an example.| 
-|Who goes to our meetings?|a combination of end-users, company IT support engineers, students at MassBay, and more| 
-|Benefits of presenting|Meet face-to-face potential users/promoters of your product/software. Promotion by way of video taken and posted for others to see and for you to use.| 
-|Where can I find more info?|See BNUG website [[http://bnug.org/speaker-info.html]]| 
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-====wordings workspace==== 
-5/5/2020\\  
-NAS -- Network Attached Storage -- by Synology, Inc.  Overview, demonstration.  Presented by Jeff Katz of Whaling City Software (jkatz@whalingcity.com) and Joshua Douglas of Synology, Inc.  Presented online to the Boston Network Users Group's May 5, 2020 meeting.  For information on the group or to join, visit http://bnug.org. 
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-6/2/2020\\  
-Mainframes - Then and Now, presented by Norm Stembridge.  See the history of mainframes and how they're used today.  Presented online to the Boston Network User Group's June 2, 2020 meeting.  For information on the group or to join, visit http://bnug.org. 
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-6/2/2020\\  
-The latest Intel chip technologies, presented by Jeff Katz of Whaling City Software (jkatz@whalingcity.com), to the June 2, 2020 online meeting of the Boston Network Users Group.  For information on the group or to join, visit http://bnug.org. 
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